Just Wanted To Be Loved

[Verse 1]
You said
“It’s not you”
But you packed up fast
Left your coffee cup
On the kitchen glass
Little ring of brown
Stain that won’t wash out
Kind of like this doubt
I carry around
[Chorus]
I just wanted to be loved
Not perfect
Just enough
Someone choosing me
When the day gets rough
I just wanted to be held
Like I wasn’t too much
Or not quite enough
I just wanted to be loved
[Verse 2]
Our friends still ask
“Have you talked at all?”
I just fake a laugh
Say
“We lost the call”
Scroll your photos slow
Like a broken prayer
Every smile I know
Came from being there
[Chorus]
I just wanted to be loved
Not perfect
Just enough
Someone choosing me
When the day gets rough
I just wanted to be held
Like I wasn’t too much
Or not quite enough
I just wanted to be loved
[Bridge]
Maybe it’s me
Picking hearts that leave
Maybe I’m the storm
I’ve been trying to flee
But late at night
Truth cuts through the noise
I still miss your voice
More than I admit
[Chorus]
I just wanted to be loved
Not perfect
Just enough
Someone staying close
When the road gets tough
I just wanted to be held
Like I wasn’t too much
Or not quite enough
I just wanted to be loved
(yeah, I just wanted to be loved)

Minimal piano ballad with intimate male vocals up close to the mic, soft room reverb, and a slow build from sparse chords to swelling strings in the final chorus; gentle heartbeat kick enters halfway, background oooh harmonies bloom on hooks to underline the ache and release